Sunset Colors

One of the reasons it has been cold here at night is the lack of cloud cover. We’ve had some snow shower activity but that’s been spotty at best. The majority of the time the sky has been a deep blue with a tracing of contrails as jets fly into and out of the major airports around Rochester, Syracuse and Toronto to the north.

The last two evenings I’ve witnessed some spectacular color in the sunsets. Wednesday evening we had just dodged a clipper that passed to the south of here in the morning and left a few inches of snow along the I-80 corridor. The afternoon cleared beautifully and this was the result:
Some great shades of pinks and blues.
It’s a bit out of focus because of the longer exposure time and the attempt to use the zoom feature on the camera but the colors are still there.

Then Thursday was a glorious (although chilly day) from start to finish and the evening colors were even better.

Notice all the contrails. Must be really cold up stairs!